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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 173 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"All I want to do is exploit struggling people for far more than my property is worth. Is that so wrong?!"

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

Even more ironic is that the "professional" landlords/property holding companies hire property managers who do literally all the work, including both the upkeep for the house and interaction with the tenants. Like, what exactly do you contribute at that point? What would change practically if I hired the property manager directly with the money I would be paying you? Especially when the most common pro-landlord argument (used by landlords themselves) is that they fix things around the house and maintain it.

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[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 130 points 1 year ago (24 children)

You guys are joking and everything, but that's what they actually think

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 59 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bet. Mine inherited 17 houses and never works. He also talks to all his customers like he is doing us a favor.

[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I know a guy at college who basically uses this as a pick-up line to get girls. He said if you're with him you're basically set because he'll inherit a lot of house from his landlord parents so you won't need to work anymore.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Here is hoping he attracts someone that would work on.

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[–] bouh@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

The joke falls kinda flat for me because I hear this too much already, but not as a joke...

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[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 90 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Historically people with the title "lord" have had it so hard.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 22 points 1 year ago

The Gaylords would like a word

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 86 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (19 children)

"Fix my AC!"

Particularly ironic that this is being framed as "unreasonable" because landlords themselves directly argue that their upkeep of the house justifies the significant upcharge they take from tenants. Like, even if we argued that landlord as a career is 100% acceptable and valid, that would literally be your job, would be like a professional chef complaining about people saying "make me food!"

[–] And009@reddthat.com 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Had a cook who literally complained about receiving too many different kinds of orders and the customers were not even in a hurry

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[–] ComradeSpood@lemmyunchained.net 66 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (26 children)

Even the father of capitalism thought landlords were parasites that only leeched off the economy

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[–] Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel so bad for mine I’ve raised the amount I tip them every month from ~12% to 20%. You should, too - they struggle so hard.

(Lol)

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[–] Polar@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 year ago

My old landlord refused to fix our water heater, the leaking roof causing mould and water damage, the outlets that were falling off, the broken light switches that didn't work, the ceiling light that was flickering and and literally hanging by the wires. All for $2000/month + utilities. Then he kicked us out because he wanted to sell the place, but now he can't sell it because no bank will touch it with the amount of water damage it has lmao.

Oh ya, can't forget the 5 times he's banged on our door threatening us with his lawyer because he stole $100 from us, we asked for it back, but he refused to answer our calls, so we had to wait 12 fucking months before our lease was up and we started paying month to month for us to subtract the $100 he owed us for 12 months from the payment.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You'll get your rent when you fix this damn door!

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (19 children)

Your know, I guess experiences vary widely, but the landlords I know don't fit all the hate. For instance, one of my employees decided to rent her house instead of selling it when her family needed a bigger one. They've been renting to the same family for a decade or more without ever raising the rent. The family could not afford to buy any house, let alone the one they're in, so renting allows them to live in a kind of place they couldn't afford otherwise. My employee has let them skip rent a few times when times were hard.

I know a few similar stories. Maybe it's different with people who own apartment buildings or whatever, but I just don't see being a landlord as inherently bad. Like anything else, you can do it ethically or unethically.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Sounds like a problem with the price of housing, which is a not entirely unrelated issue.

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[–] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

My last land lord raised rent by 2.5x after the first year. When we moved out he kept the full security deposit because "the inside of the oven was dirty"

Your mileage may vary

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe it's different with people who own apartment buildings or whatever

Yes. My landlord is literally a corporation.

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[–] ConfuzedAZ@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (21 children)

I'm a land lord, did exactly what people say we all did. 15 years ago I bought two 200k homes for 30k each (30k was the down payment) the houses are worth over 600k each now..

they are an income plan for my kids so they don't have to necessarily worry about taking a better paying job instead of something they want to do. Probably a little naive now. But I run the houses at a bare minimum profit just so the government won't come after me due running a loss on my taxes. I have raised rent only enough to do that.

I pay for a property management firm to take care of the properties so that the tenants have 24 hour response to issues. I've had the same tenants for 12 years in both properties. Every 4 years or so I have one of the rooms that the tenants want renovated. It's a right off so doesn't costa fortune ava the house gets slowly updated. Not every landlord is an asshole. Some of us play the long game without screwing people. But I realize that I am part of the problem. I am part of the reason for less supply in the market. But selling my properties will make my children's lives less secure and I'm not willing to do that. So i do partially deserve some of the blame.

Edited to add down payment info.

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[–] wisefoolkp@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (28 children)

Even if you try being a good landlord, dealing with some tenants can really darken your soul...

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[–] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ours put our rent up 25% so just because I was upset I paid this month's rent a week late and they were complaining they needed the money to pay their montgage... Bitch please I don't wanna hear about your financial problems

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[–] Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I run a small senior living complex in a rural town. We have the cheapest rent in town. We scrape by, trying to make improvements here and there. They are maintained though. We seriously charge hundreds of dollars less than the next closest complex in the area. We refused to raise our rent in the past 4 years dispite rising taxes and utility bills. Most our tenants are widows/widowers living off a fixed income. We are either too nice or bad business owners because that "fix my AC" One always stings and reaches into my personal budget. And by "personal budget" I mean I eat ramen for a couple weeks.

Anyway, I actually feel like this meme. Other than my tenants are usually happy. Occasionally we get someone who is just never happy no matter what you do. I know all the other complexes are owned by one company essentially creating a monopoly and they have exploited this town. We get calls from people crying because they will be homeless.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's the model of housing as a business that is the problem, no matter how benevolent an operator may try to be. The market is designed to eliminate you as competition and reward the exploitative monopolistic company.

More importantly is whether or not you are or would ever act as a firewall against competing (or at this point any) housing development.

Like if a subsidized public housing for seniors opened up next door to your complex offering rates at or below your own: would you support it given this persistent at risk population?

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[–] cooopsspace@infosec.pub 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For every one good landlord like you there's 1mil slumlords that don't think you even need AC, or think that black mould isnt a health hazard.

Bless you.

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[–] ZodiacSF1969@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeh I support LGBT...

Landlords

GOP

Billionaires

The police

😎

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago (17 children)

I'm a landlord. I'm priced WELL below the market because my tenant is state patrol and is a great guy and a good family. I haven't raised his rent ever. I will raise it when my HOA goes up next year, but that's only to help cover my fees. If keep the rent so I can pick the right renters that is compatible with me. I rather have a good renter than a few bucks more a month.

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[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 28 points 1 year ago

So brave… thank you for your sacrifice!

Now fix my (your) AC.

[–] dynamo@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago

ah, the typical landlord. A good example of a useless "jobs" that litter the world

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (43 children)

Oh, the hard, hard life of the rent-seeker who is stupidly greedy and unwilling to lose a little bit of profit to pay somebody else - like an agency - to take care of all the work and manage their assets, so instead of making money purely from having money without lifting a finger, they have to suffer the indignity of actually working a few hours a week like poor people.

The pain and suffering must be unbearable...

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[–] Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

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A drawn picture of a woman with shoulder-length blue hair and purple suit jacket over a darker purple long-sleeve button-down shirt, hanging her head dejectedly while a semicircle of fingers ring her head, accompanied by the words: "Parasite!", "Fix my AC!", "Tenants have rights!", "Leech!", "Hope you get Mao'd!", "Let me live here for free!", "Rent control!", and "Rich Scum!". Below the picture is a caption reading: No one understands the landlord struggle...

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[–] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

It's missing the wad of 100 dollar bills to wipe away the tears of this hardship

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 year ago

Tenants do have rights. If the AC is owned by the landlord and part of the lease is on the landlord to fix it. And rent control is to keep rent from reaching New York closet for $6K levels.

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Paranormal story here..

I have the first good landlords I've had in my entire life. We have a clean, decent townhouse - two stories w/ unfinished basement. It's in a safe residential/school zone, right behind my work, and he's renting it to us for several hundred less than he could be getting based on other similar rentals. I guess he grew up here and has sentimental attachment, and just wants it taken care of. He purchased the connecting unit and is renting it equally low to other great tenants who take care of it. Guy is a defense lawyer and doesn't need to squeeze every drop out of it I guess.

Him and his wife are super considerate of our time and our needs, get us nursery/greenhouse gift cards in the spring and Christmas baskets every year. They're fucking anomaly and it's absolutely perplexing after two decades of shitty landlords.

[–] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I remember being so disgusted when Reddit had a sub Reddit start for "landlordlove" or similar. So ridiculous. No I don't give a fuck if your life is hard while you're making everyone else's life twice as hard. Not my fault you chose this as a living. Get out if you don't like it.

[–] Draft@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You fell for a satirical subreddit, it was also for hate of landlords.

[–] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

loveforlandlords was a satire subreddit until the mod (community terms here) "gave it to a rentoid", at which point the satire community migrated to loveforlandchads. I don't know if the loveforlandlords sub is currently pro landlord or not, don't care since i left, but at one point, I do think it it WAS a serious community of landlords who were frustrated at being hated. Maybe i fell for satire, maybe the community has had a few to many changes of hand to track, maybe its something in the middle idk.

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